A press release issued on March 17 by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has committed to implementing measures to help ensure that international sport federations and other anti-doping organizations do not use highly sensitive personal information collected from athletes and that is under WADA’s control for purposes other…
Not everything in your medical records is privileged or warrant-proof
Many members of the public may assume — wrongly — that everything in their medical records is protected by HIPAA or doctor-patient privilege. They would be wrong on both counts. Privilege is generally intended to protect disclosures that the patient makes when such disclosures are necessary for the healthcare professional to diagnose and/or treat the…
Virginia Appeals Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Age-Based Restrictions on Social Media Use
Hunton writes: On March 3, 2026, the Virginia Attorney General appealed a U.S. District Court’s grant of a preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of a new Virginia law requiring age verification and a time limit on social media use by minors under the age of 16 pending a final determination on the merits. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act was…
Are Warrants Enough?
Privacy law scholar Professor Daniel Solove writes: Are Warrants Enough? Why Fourth Amendment Warrants Can’t Meet the Moment This year, in Chatrie v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants are valid under the Fourth Amendment. The geofence warrant at issue in the case was one that allowed the government to obtain…